CLASS 8

ABOUT THIS PRACTICE TEST

This Practice Test has 15 questions. It has been designed to give you an idea of
the main IBT assessment.
ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
Each question has four options. Choose the BEST answer from the four options
A, B, C or D.
You will find the key to the answers on the last page of this booklet.
EQUIPMENT ALLOWED IN THIS PRACTICE TEST
You may use a pencil for this Practice Test. You may NOT use a dictionary.
ESTIMATED TIME FOR THIS PRACTICE TEST
You should be able to complete this Practice Test in approximately 30 minutes.
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After playing football Dawoud found his shirt was wet from sweating (perspiring).
What is the main reason why people sweat?
The diagram shows the different layers of rocks in a cliff.
Which type of rock is most resistant to weathering?
A it helps keep their bodies cool
B so they will be thirsty and drink more
C it gets rid of extra water from their bodies
D it gets rid of extra salt from their bodies
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A lit candle on a cork was floated in a tub of water and a glass jar was
placed upside-down on it. The drawings below show the setup for the
experiment and the result of the experiment.
What could be concluded from this result?
A the most important gas in air is oxygen
B the burning candle went out because the wick ran out
C the burning candle went out because it got wet
D the burning candle changed the volume of the air in the jar
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All matter is made up of small particles. When substances are heated their
particles start to move apart.
Which of the following would have their particles furthest apart?
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melting ice
B
ice
C water vapour
D
liquid water
Many years ago, sailors on long journeys became sick with the disease scurvy.
Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C.
What could the sailors have eaten to prevent them from getting scurvy?
A eggs
B milk
C oranges
D red meat
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A B
Her sister, Heena, walks more quickly than Farida.
Which graph best shows the time it would take Heena to walk to the shop?
Scientists think that temperatures on Earth are increasing.
This is called the Greenhouse Effect.
Which gas contributes most to the increasing temperature on Earth?
A carbon dioxide
B oxygen
C nitrogen
D helium
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Farida made a graph of the time it took her to walk to the shop.
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What do the birds in this food web feed on?
A snakes
B caterpillars and grass
C snakes and grasshoppers
D grasshoppers and caterpillars
8 The characteristics a person has are inherited from their parents.
These characteristics are passed on in units called genes.
Which of the following statements about genes is true for humans?
A A female child gets more genes from her mother than her father.
B Older children get more genes from their parents than younger children.
C Children get half their genes from their mother and half from their father.
D The number of genes passed on from each parent varies randomly for each child.

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Varsha tied a plastic bag around a bunch of leaves on a tree. The next day there
was water inside the bag. She thought that the water came out of the leaves.
What would be the best thing to do to help Varsha see if she is correct?
A Tie bags around two bunches of leaves on the tree.
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A battery directly changes chemical energy into
A light energy.
B sound energy.
C electrical energy.
D movement energy.
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Dont water the plant for two days then repeat the experiment.
Tie a bag around a small branch with the leaves removed.
Tie bags around two bunches of leaves and put them in a dark cupboard.
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What are the products of reaction when an acid reacts with a base?
acid + base = ?
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Razaks class set up the following experiment to see what seeds need to start
growing (to germinate).
The class came up with four questions they thought they could answer from
the results of their experiment.
1. Do seeds need water to start growing?
2. How many seeds need to be planted in order for germination to occur?
3. Is sunlight needed for seeds to germinate?
4. How much soil do seeds need to start growing?
Which of these questions can the experiment answer?
A 1 only
B 1 and 3 only
C 2 and 3 only
D 1, 3 and 4 only
A a gas and water
B a base and water
C a salt and water
D an acid and water
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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
two seeds
sunlight
watered regularly
Result:
the seeds
started to grow
two seeds
sunlight
never watered
Result:
the seeds
did not start
to grow
two seeds
dark cupboard
watered regularly
Result:
the seeds
started to grow
two seeds
dark cupboard
never watered
Result:
the seeds
did not start
to grow
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Druv was playing a game with 2 marbles which were the same size but different
colours. He noticed that when he rolled a marble and it hit a second stationary
one, the first marble would stop and the second would begin moving.
He drew three diagrams to show what happened.
If the grey marble was much bigger, predict what would happen.
A Both marbles would move to the left.
B The marbles would stick together and slide along as one.
C The dark marble would bounce back and the grey marble would move slowly.
D The marbles would both move to the right but the dark one would move faster
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Druvs observations best demonstrate that
A energy can change from one type to another.
B objects can only have one type of energy at a time.
C energy can be transferred from one object to another.
D dark coloured objects have more energy than light coloured objects.



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